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the ronan pioneer (ronan, mont.) 1910-1970 — mysterious airship

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1917-11-02
Location: ronan, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the ronan pioneer (ronan, mont.) 1910-1970 · 1917-11-02 · page 8
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1917-11-02 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “mysterious airship”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... immediately connected it with the mysterious airship which has been shadowing the Flathead country lately. V. A. Buchanan will hold a public sale next week and states that he will leave soon thereafter for Ari zona. His health has been failing of late and he is in hopes that a change of climate will prove benefi cial and effect a permanent cure. The recent cold weather proved disasterous to the potatoe crop in the had allowed treir potatoes to remain Bitter Root valley. Many famwami in the ground as they were Till. 1 growing and as a result large Ausan tities were nipped by frost. Take. your prescriptions to the 0*1 Drug Store. -adv. LEON ...

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